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What generation are you? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Elder millennial here

My real worry with Google's voyage into enshittification (thanks to Cory Doctorow @pluralistic the term) is YouTube. in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[–] aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org 4 points 7 months ago

Ask any Dr who fan. The BBC did this as well back in the day......

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How To Unmap/remap an album/tracks in Lidarr? (endlesstalk.org)
 

HELP!!!

I have three situations, all would be very helpful if I could manually update the mappings of individual files or albums. If this is the wrong sub/community, can you point me in the right directions?

  1. I have an album that i accidentally mapped to the wrong artist/album combination and now it won't let me change it because I also tagged it, even renaming doesn't help.
  2. I have an album where the 1st and 6th song switched during the mapping/renaming/tagging process and now, even if I rename the files and retag them manually using id3, both lidarr and plex think they're the wrong track
  3. I have an album that's not only a standalone album, but also a disc in a box set, I'd rather have it as part of the box set, but can't figure out how to unmap/remap the album to move it to under the box set, when I have the rest of the box set already set up properly

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Beeper Mini is the iMessage for Android app we’ve been waiting for - Mishaal Rahman in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It basically copies the best of every other messaging platform. I was at my in-laws where everyone on my wife's side has an iPhone and we're talking about a LOT of the features.

  • can tell if notifications are turned off on phone
  • read receipts
  • higher quality limit on video/pictures sent
  • messaging that can be done in wifi-only areas (imagine having a few group threads/people you CANT talk to while at home because you live in a dead zone)

Any other big feature of any other messaging app I was able to think of (Signal/Whatsapp, discord, slack) is all there (except public chatrooms and private servers obvs), WITH OS integration

I still like my pixel, but I get it now.

Still holding out hope that Google allows for RCS features to come to Google voice.

How did money work on deep space 9? in c/startrek@startrek.website
[–] aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org 2 points 10 months ago

In real life you have to make your own food, make your own drinks, use your own plates/glasses/etc. and deal with cleanup.

In ds9 the replicator does everything for you.

But I get your point

Thanks!

How did money work on deep space 9? in c/startrek@startrek.website
[–] aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org 9 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Ok so next question. If the computer can magically create anything. And they are on almost all space stations (including cardassian/federation ones) what's the point of a bar?

Gambling makes sense. Paying for food/drink when you have a replicator doesn't.

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How did money work on deep space 9? (endlesstalk.org)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org to c/startrek@startrek.website
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Whenever there's a storyline with quark, they talk about money/latinum.

I remember in one of the next gen episodes that there was discussion about money and Picard said something about how they've moved away from money.

So do Starfleet get paid now?

Update: thank you for the quick responses. From what I'm gathering the tldr is that the following is the answer

  • Ferengi love for money/not being a post scarcity society by design
  • Bajorans being so near their slavery times and not post scarcity yet
  • Quark creating an atmosphere of camaraderie/gambling/upgraded replicators/actual food

All this requires some form of currency.

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[–] aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org 1 points 10 months ago

Right, I get that. I'm just thinking that the song isn't about racism. Other than the fact that he's black and has the black man's blues. If the song was talking about his life as a black man or how he ended up a bum that would be different. But it's the way a child sees a black guy with killer guitar playing skills. Very innocent

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[–] aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Call me naive, but I always thought Curtis Lowe was about society not respecting bums who play good music for beer/wine money aka the starving artist. Even though the protagonist loved him as a mentor/entertainer.

Racism or the fact that he was black wasn't the main factor in the issues the protagonist is singing about, just that he happened to be black.... though I'm betting it didn't help the way people/protagonist's mom viewed the two of them spending so much time together

I always say him as an inspiration to Bleeding Gums Murphy and Lisa in the Simpsons.

Just my 2 cents. I agree with the rest of your list though.

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Whats your best head shavers (endlesstalk.org)
 

Hey all, just found this sub

Any recommendations for an electric razor to use on your head in the shower? I've been shaving my head with a Gillette simple razor for a few years now. But every time I change the blade I end up with way too many nicks and cuts.

Thoughts?

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Do you basically get double taxed if you make non deductable contributions to a traditional ira? Why do it? (endlesstalk.org)
 

In the US, if you make a lot, are covered by a work retirement account or you contribute to a Roth, you can't deduct traditional ira contributions right?

So that money gets added to the rest of your traditional ira monies right? and then when you hit retirement age, you have to pay income level taxes on deductions on that already post tax money right?

Why get taxed twice? What's the benefit? +Not being able to touch it til retirement age.

Anon finds a glitch in the modern dating system in c/greentext@lemmy.ml
[–] aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org 59 points 11 months ago (9 children)

How does the math work that they did it 10x with 85% working?

Also wtf gaslighting. This is a whole new level of negging

Phone Notification When Watch Battery Full? in c/askandroid@lemdro.id
[–] aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org 1 points 11 months ago

Accubattery works for me on my p7p. It defaults to alerting you at every %point after 80. But you can change it to 100

There's a few permissions you have to give it, which I don't remember the precise names, but it basically wants to know how much power other apps are using and allows to always be on "no optimized" is the wording I think.

And I didn't upgrade to pro

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Case reccomendation for the P7P? (endlesstalk.org)
 

Hi,

I'm looking for a case that not only has a screen protector that's not a glorified sticker. But also a way that has a magsafe back so I can use a magnetic wireless charger.

I've seen quite a few that's the former (my current one), a few the latter, but none that are both :(

Thanks!

What makes your life well-lived? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org 4 points 11 months ago

Life well lived for me is the following.

  1. My life ends in a comfy bed surrounded by friends and family having died before becoming a burden on them.
  2. I've made a positive impact on those around me
  3. I've left my children/family in better financial shape than I was born into (which, frankly, was pretty good already)
  4. I traveled and saw what the world has to offer

Yeah, life is meaningless, and we're one small speck in a universe so big it breaks our brains to think about and we only last a similar amount of time in regard to the vastness of time itself. . ..... so I might as well make myself and the people around me feel good

As far as the short term? Have a good conversation with friends/family, go for a walk through a nearby forest.

Transition party when? in c/transmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A trans friend of mine actually did this. After she came out publicly, her wife threw her a coming out party at their place.

Do you pirate? And do you justify pirating? i.e., what is your piracy philosophy? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was 14 and just got a cable modem when Napster came out. I just got introduced to modern music, had no way to pay for it other than asking my folks. Let's jump on the pirate ship!

Now I'll let you do the math on my age, I have very stable income, and a fair amount of disposable savings, and I still pirate pretty much my ears will be hearing. Plex has equal or better tools for watching/listening than every other service I've tried (shuffling episodes is my favorite)

I go to concerts, watch movies in the theatre, read physical books and support creatives in other ways.. so I feel different about that..

I also started noticing this when itunes came out. You could only listen to music YOU PAID FOR on devices you've authorized. Then soon after I saw this, a friend was down on his luck but had a very good and varied cd collection. He started selling them to second hand shops and his friends.

I ended up seeing this dichotomy and thought to myself.... this sucks. Let's just pirate it..

I should note the amount of physical unread books I have on my shell are similarly rationed to the amount of music I haven't listened to or movies I haven't watched yet that I've also pirated

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